Guild F-40 Standard Pacific Sunset Burst

Guild’s new 40 Standard Series introduces our new Vintage Gloss nitro finish. This all-new finish is an ultra-thin nitrocellulose lacquer with both satin and gloss qualities that highlight the natural beauty of the tonewoods.

Featuring a smooth closed-pore texture and a hand sprayed soft, silky coating the Vintage Gloss finish gives each guitar a worn-in vintage feel and tone with a sleek, modern appearance.

Achieve incredible clarity, balance and volume with our jumbo-sized F-40 Standard. With it’s solid Sitka Spruce top with solid African Mahogany back and sides, the F-40 Standard serves up a robust tonal palette that’s perfect for anything from vocal accompaniment to solo work, and many other “unplugged” applications. Its predecessor, the F-48 Navarre, was only produced from 1972 to 1976 and original versions are a rare treasure. Today’s version manifests the same vintage charm with timeless appointments such as a tortoiseshell celluloid pickguard, white ABS binding, and Guild’s peak logo inlay on the headstock.

Guild adds forward-shifted scalloped Adirondack bracing for power, nuance and responsiveness. Combined with a Sitka Spruce top and African Mahogany back and sides, this bracing provides a punchy tone with smooth top end.

An Indian Rosewood fingerboard caps the comfortable C-profile Mahogany neck. Premium materials such as an Indian Rosewood bridge, 20:1 open-gear tuners, and a hand-cut bone nut and saddle finish off the F-40 Standard.

In addition to the classic Natural finish, Guild’s new 40 Standard Series debuts the new Pacific Sunset Burst. Inspired by Guild’s Southern California home, this new finish embodies casual elegance with a subtle edge burst. Each F-40 Standard ships with a Guild archtop wood case with built-in Humicase® humidification system.

SPECIFICATIONS
Body
• Body Shape: F - Jumbo
• Body Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
• Top Bracing Pattern: Scalloped X
• Soundhole Diameter: 4" (102mm)
• Rosette: ABS Ring
• Top Purfling Inlay: Black and White ABS
• Body Sides: Solid African Mahogany
• Body Back: Solid African Mahogany
• Body Binding: White ABS
Neck
• Neck Material: Mahogany
• Scale Length: 25 5/8" (651mm)
• Neck Shape: C Shape
• Nut Width: 1 11/16" (43mm)
• Neck Thickness 1st Fret: 21mm
• Neck Thickness 9th Fret: 22.5mm
• Truss Rod: Dual Action
• Truss Rod Wrench: 8mm Socket Wrench
• Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305mm)
• Fingerboard Inlays: 5mm Dots - Pearloid
• Fingerboard Inlay Location: 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 (x2), 15, 17
• Frets Total: 20
• Fret Type: Jescar 43080
Finish
• Color: Pacific Sunset Burst (PSB)
• Finish: Vintage Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Hardware
• Bridge Material: Indian Rosewood
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/8" (54mm)
• Bridge Pins: Ivory Colored Plastic
• Saddle Material: Compensated Bone
• Hardware Finish / Plating: N / A
• Nut Material: Bone
• Tuning Machines: Guild Deluxe Vintage Open Gear
• Endpin: Ivory Colored Plastic
• Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
Electronics
• Electronics: N / A
• Controls: N / A
Other
• Strings: D'Addario EXP16 - Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
• Included Case: Guild Deluxe Humidified Wood Case
• Upper Bout Width: 12 1/2" (318mm)
• Lower Bout Width: 17 1/4" (438mm)
• Body Depth Upper Bout: 3 3/4" (95mm)
• Body Depth Lower Bout: 4 3/4" (119mm)
• Body Length: 20 1/2" (521mm)
• Overall Length: 42 1/2" (1080mm)